Andrew Dods Handyside

Andrew Dods Handyside (1835 – 23 May 1904) was a politician in colonial South Australia (a state of Australia from 1901), a member of the South Australian House of Assembly.^[1]

Handyside was born in East Lothian, Scotland.^[2] He emigrated to Victoria (Australia) in 1853, and was engaged in pastoral pursuits in that colony and New South Wales until 1868, when he settled in South Australia.^[2]

Handyside was elected to the seat of Albert in the South Australian House of Assembly on 5 January 1885, a position he held until the seat was abolished on 2 May 1902.^[1] Handyside was then elected to the seat of Victoria and Albert on 3 May 1902, holding that seat until his death on 23 May 1904.^[1] From 21 June 1892 to 15 October 1892, Handyside was Commissioner of Public Works.^[1]

Handyside died at Narracoorte, South Australia on 23 May 1904, survived by one son and three daughters.^[3]

See also

• Hundred of Handyside

References

1. "Mr Andrew Handyside". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Handyside, Hon. Andrew Dodds" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
3. "Deaths". The Register. Adelaide. 1 June 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.

 

Political offices
Preceded by John Jenkins	Commissioner of Public Works 1892	Succeeded by Lawrence Grayson
Preceded by John Jenkins	Commissioner of Public Works 1899	Succeeded by Richard Foster